Workforce Policy

The steel industry shares the federal government’s critical goal of ensuring safety and
health at industrial workplaces. AISI member companies have made substantial efforts
to decrease the number and frequency of workplace incidents and continue to work
through AISI to share information and best practices to meet their shared goal of
improving occupational safety and health. However, overly burdensome regulations
may misdirect priorities and create unnecessary costs for employers that prevent
optimum workplace safety and health benefits from being realized.

Industry Position

The steel industry shares the federal government’s goal of ensuring
safety and health at industrial workplaces. However, some regulations may misdirect
priorities and create unnecessary costs for employers that prevent optimum workplace
safety and health benefits from being realized. The Administration and Congress
should reconsider and reform these regulations. Congress also should enact the
Voluntary Protection Program Act to authorize and improve the VPP, a key employeremployee-
OSHA collaborative workplace safety program, and the Administration
should commit to a cooperative enforcement approach where federal agencies and
employers work in partnership to advance workplace safety and health.